Writing for Engaged Scholarship

October 14, 2011
NHTI-Concord’s Community College
Student Center Room 225
Concord, NH

Amanda Wittman, Ph.D., will lead two workshops for faculty focusing on writing for engaged scholarship. The workshops were designed to assist faculty members publish their engaged scholarship work in professional journals and develop service-learning syllabi that is practical for the classroom and can be modeled nationally for colleagues. We invite you to attend either of these workshops or join us for both. There is no cost and lunch is provided for registered attendees.

Amanda is the Manager of Academic and Strategic Initiatives for National Campus Compact. She worked previously as an AmeriCorps VISTA in the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement at Worcester State College.

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Publishing Engaged Scholarship
This session will concentrate on getting community based scholarship published. We will review definitions of engaged scholarship, examine examples of community based research projects with strong scholarly outputs, and engage in hands-on activities that will allow you to reflect on and prepare for your own publication strategy. Participants are expected to come prepared with an abstract (150 – 300 words) for a possible publication related to their engaged research project.

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Syllabus Makeover: Rethinking Your Service-Learning Syllabi
The second session will allow you to get creative with your syllabi. We will cover the elements of good service-learning design, provide examples and then give you the freedom to create a syllabus that works for your class. Come prepared with a paper copy of a syllabus from a service-learning course that you are happy to cut, paste, shred,color and otherwise overhaul.

To register for one or both, click here.